Dutch as well as German day-ahead gas prices bordered higher on the forward contour Thursday early morning, adhering to climbing Brent crude costs and in spite of lower demand assumptions that remained to drag TTF punctual agreements lower.

* Norwegian circulations to 46 million cu m Wednesday

* Velke Kapusany gas invoices up on higher Italian demands

* Temperatures in Germany 7-9 C above norms

Around lunchtime London time, TTF Summer 2018 and Summer season 2019 traded at Eur16.825/ MWh and Eur16.45/ MWh, up 2.5 euro cent/MWh as well as 5 euro cent/MWh, specifically, from Wednesday's assessment.

website obtained on the contour was boosted by favorable Brent crude costs overnight, an investor stated.

TTF day-ahead last dealt at Eur17.775/ MWh, down 5 euro cent/MWh from Wednesday's assessment, while the German NetConnect day-ahead advanced 12.5 euro cent/MWh to Eur17.85/ MWh.

CustomWeather forecast Friday temperatures in Amsterdam at 4 levels Celsius over seasonal norms of 6/1 C, compared with 6 C above Thursday.

Friday temperature levels in Berlin, in the German GASPOOL gas prices location, were anticipated at 9 C over seasonal standards of 3/ -2 C, while in Munich, in the NCG area, Friday temperatures were expected consistent at 7 C over standards.

On the supply side at around lunchtime London time, Norwegian flow rates into Emden-Dornum on the Dutch-German boundary were 128 million cu m/d, compared with 106 million cu m/d on Wednesday, according to transmission system operator Gassco.

Norwegian gas streams to Netherlands went down on Wednesday to 46 million cu m from 61.4 million cu m on Tuesday, according to S&P Global Platts Analytics.

Elections for Dutch gas manufacturing were at 103 million cu m on Thursday.

Russian gas streams through Velke Kapusany, on the Slovakia/Ukraine boundary, which receives gas using the Brotherhood pipe, increased to 52.7 million cu m on Wednesday as the Italian gas system needed much more Russian gas on Thursday's gas day due to a cut in import capacity from Algeria lasting 24 hours.

German gas receipts from Russia using the Nord Stream and Yamal pipes incorporated continued to be at robust levels, standing at 242 million cu m Wednesday, according to S&P Global Platts Analytics.